Mathematical instrument maker, notable for inventing the sextant. He came to London in 1740 where he worked for Jonathan Sisson and George Graham. By 1745, he had his own business in the Strand. Bird was commissioned to make a brass quadrant 8 feet across for the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, where it was mounted on 16 February 1750, and where it is still preserved. Soon after, duplicates were ordered for France, Spain and Russia.
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John Bird
Trinidadian carnival artist. Born Guyana and grew up in Trinidad. Made his first costume aged 13. Came to London to train in theatre design at the Central School of Art and Design. One of the first...
Person, Art, Community / Clubs, Craft / Design, Dance, Caribbean Islands, South America
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Artist blacksmith working with George James & Sons Blacksmiths.
Probably born Tenterden, Kent. Printer, in 1474, producing the first book printed in English "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye". Died Westminster.
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